The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 2002:
UNDERFUNDING JUSTICE
Jul 01, 2002; ... IT IS PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A JUDGE TO STEP TO A WINDOW ANDSCREAM, "I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE," BUTTHAT IS HOW I FEEL. THE STATE SENATE HAS PROPOSED A BUDGET FIGURE FORTHE COURTS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHICH IS $30 MILLION LESS THAN THEALREADY ...
A BETTER BILINGUAL PLAN
Jul 01, 2002 ... IF THE STATE election were held today, Massachusetts voters wouldface an unacceptable choice on the important issue of bilingualeducation: the status quo or the misguided ballot question sponsoredby software millionaire Ron Unz that would eliminate virtually allclasses in a student's ...
HEALING IN GUATEMALA
Jul 01, 2002; ... GUATEMALA CITY GUATEMALA IS a country trying not to fly apart. After 36 years of civil war and a succession of unstablegovernments, the scars here are long and deep. A truth commissioncreated after the 1996 peace accords documented 660 cases of villagesdestroyed by the ...
A COMPLICATED NURSING ISSUE
Jul 01, 2002 ... KAREN HIGGINS DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE COUNTLESS NURSES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER STATES WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NURSINGSHORTAGE IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN SHE INSISTS ("IMPROVING THE RN-TO-PATIENT RATIO," OP ED, JUNE 22). THERE IS A SHORTAGE IN ...
COURT DECISION WAS MISGUIDED
Jul 01, 2002 ... ALTHOUGH AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO IMPART SOME COMPASSION INTO AJUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERALLY FOCUSED ON JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURTDECISION TO DECLARE THE EXECUTION OF RETARDED PERSONSUNCONSTITUTIONAL MAY BE MISGUIDED ("COURT BARS EXECUTION OF MENTALLYRETARDED," PAGE A1, JUNE 21). If retarded ...
THERE'S NO SILVER LINING
Jul 01, 2002 ... WHEN I READ ABOUT THE NEW STREET FURNITURE FOR THE SILVER LINE ANDITS REAL-TIME DIGITAL DISPLAYS, IT REMINDED ME OF THE NON-WORKINGDISPLAYS IN THE REST OF THE T ("SILVER LINE'S CRITICS PRESS THEIRFIGHT FOR LIGHT RAIL," CITY & REGION, JUNE 25). You know, those redsigns that tell you to ...
KINDNESS ON THE PIKE
Jul 01, 2002 ... MAKING MY FIRST SOLO DRIVING TRIP TO BOSTON, I APPROACHED THEMASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE WITH MUCH TREPIDATION. MY ANXIETY WAS BASED ONTHE REPUTATION OF BOSTON DRIVERS FOR BEING WITHOUT MERCY TO THE TIMIDAND TO THE NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT. I thought my out-of-state plateswere a red flag for a ...
AVOIDING PREGNANCY
Jul 01, 2002 ... ELLEN GOODMAN'S COLUMN ABOUT ABSTINENCE CHALLENGES THE VERACITY OFTHE ARGUMENT THAT ABSTINENCE FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS THE ONLY CERTAINWAY TO AVOID OUT-OF-WEDLOCK PREGNANCY, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE,AND OTHER ASSOCIATED HEALTH ...
OPEN, HONEST SEX EDUCATION
Jul 01, 2002 ... I APPLAUD ELLEN GOODMAN'S JUNE 23 OP-ED COLUMN, "THE GOSPEL OFABSTINENCE." SHE SUCCINCTLY DEMONSTRATES HOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'SFUNDING OF ABSTINENCE-ONLY-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS CAN BEHARMFUL TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.Our lawmakers voted to continue tofund these programs despite ...
THE US ASSAULT ON WORLD CRIMINAL COURT
Jul 01, 2002; ... TODAY THE WORLD REACHES A MILESTONE IN THE EFFORT TO PUNISH PERPETRATORS OF SOME OF THE WORST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - GENOCIDE,WAR CRIMES, AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. A TREATY TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT COMES INTO FORCE TODAY,AND THE COURT SHOULD BE UP ...
THE BILLION-DOLLAR BONUS
Jul 01, 2002; ... WHEN THE BIG DIG IS DONE, BOSTON WILL HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTEDOPPORTUNITY TO BUILD NEW PUBLIC SPACES IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY. THEDESIGN, MANAGEMENT, AND COST OF THE NEW OPEN SPACES HAVE BEEN THESUBJECT OF LENGTHY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, ALMOST NOTHING HASBEEN SAID ABOUT THE ...
THE WAR OF THE WORDS
Jul 01, 2002; ... RELIGION IN SCHOOLS IS BACK IN THE NEWS, IN A BIG WAY. LAST WEEK,A THREE-JUDGE PANEL OF THE 9TH US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULED THATTHE RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ISUNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT REFERS TO AMERICA AS "ONE NATION, UNDERGOD," AND HENCE AMOUNTS ...
NOVEL INSPIRES A SOULFUL JOURNEY TO `THE PORTABLE PROMISED LAND'
Jul 01, 2002; ... As supple as a Bootsy Collins bass line thumping out of a '77Oldsmobile, "The Portable Promised Land" isn't so much a collectionof stories as a freestyle riff on the ways of black folks. A mix ofurban folk tales, essays, and lists, this zesty debut by RollingStone contributing editor ...
RECONNECTING WITH THE DOTS REVERSING DECLINE IN USE OF BRAILLE IS MISSION OF BOSTON-BASED PUBLISHER
Jul 01, 2002; ... It was an epochal invention, akin to the wheel or fire or ether.And yet, strangely, it has fallen on hard times. In 1821, 15-year-old Louis Braille, blind since early childhood,discovered a French Army code of raised bumps, used for silent nightcommunication. He rewrote and shrank ...
SUMMER CAMP, WITH MORE SIZZLE
Jul 01, 2002; ... KENT, Conn. - Before taking the stage on a recent Saturday eveningto sing karaoke to "Summer Nights" from the musical "Grease," friendsSara Ezra and Jennifer Prasse, with fresh cocktails in hand, chattedabout why they're back at Club Get away for the third time in ...
IRREPRESSIBLE KIDJO REVS UP CROWD
Jul 01, 2002; ... A few years ago, the folks at Somerville Theatre finally got ridof the theater's hard wooden seats and put in plush, cup-holderedreplacements. They're holding up well, but they revealed a drawbackduring the irrepressible Angelique Kidjo's rollicking act. They get in the ...
MURDER INC. ARTISTS MAKE THEIR CASE
Jul 01, 2002; ... MANSFIELD - Irv Gotti rapped about murder and mayhem with a smileSaturday night at the Tweeter Center, a grin partly due to the joy ofappearing on stage with superstars Ja Rule and Ashanti in front of asold-out crowd at the Summer Jam, sponsored by WJMN-FM (94.5). But the CEO of ...
WE'VE GOT ISSUES
Jul 01, 2002; ... Who doesn't love our culture of self-disclosure? No matter whatyour issue (Incontinence! Halitosis! A chronic, debilitatingattraction to podiatrists with mommy fixations!), there's a book dealto be had and a community of sufferers with whom to relate. (Go! hasso many issues, we're ...
HIP-HOP STARS SHINE IN THE DARK; BOSTON BALLET DANCERS WIN HONORS
Jul 01, 2002; ... OUT WENT THE LIGHTSMEGA RADIO SHOWS LIKE JAM'N 94.5'S SUMMERJAM ALWAYS SEEM TO PUSH THEIR VENUES TO THE LIMIT, BUT WHEN THELIGHTS WENT OUT SATURDAY EVENING IN A TENT BACKSTAGE AT THE TWEETERCENTER, WHERE THE PERFORMERS WERE DOING INTERVIEWS, IT DIDN'T SEEM TOFAZE ANYONE. NOT EVEN THE ...
KEILLOR DISHES UP CLASSICAL TUNES, CORNPONE
Jul 01, 2002; ... LENOX - Garrison Keillor broadcasted "A Prairie Home Companion"live from Tanglewood for the third consecutive season Saturday night,and 11,018 people showed up to watch and listen. The StockbridgeBowl isn't Lake Wobegon, so Keillor had some mild fun at the expenseof the locals and ...
SPEARS SHOW SCINTILLATING BUT SAD
Jul 01, 2002; ... Contrary to common opinion, Britney Spears's "Dream Within aDream" tour isn't a lavishly-produced, Vegas-style vehicle for pop'sfinest belly button to generate obscene amounts of cash. To be sure,Spears's anatomical endowments are far more compelling than hermusical ones - which, for the ...
SHOWTIME SERIES OFFERS SLICES OF LIFE, `TEN MINUTES' AT A TIME
Jul 01, 2002; ... We tend to think of directors as novelists in film, unfoldingnarratives at length and with some degree of logic. But in the 10-minute pieces that make up Showtime's "Ten Minutes Older," sevendirectors behave much more like poets, creating distilled visionsthat ask our imaginations to ...
FIVE PLAYERS ARE ON THE LIST OF ALL-STARS
Jul 01, 2002; ... One by one, they either fled the scene or stood with their backsto the wall before a media throng as if they were facing a firingsquad. They were the newly announced 2002 Red Sox All-Stars: SheaHillenbrand, Manny Ramirez, Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Lowe, and PedroMartinez. And every last ...
BANKS SEES ERROR OF HIS WAYS
Jul 01, 2002; ... Even the most meticulous baseball players are prone to at leastone lapse in concentration. Red Sox relief pitcher Willie Banks hadhis yesterday, as he dropped a ball from Brian Daubach while coveringfirst in the 10th inning. Banks entered the contest trying to keep the Sox within ...
GUERIN IS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
Jul 01, 2002; ... The bidding for the National Hockey League's unrestricted freeagents began at one minute past midnight last night and two Bruins -right wing Bill Guerin and goaltender Byron Dafoe - were expected tobe courted by a multitude of suitors. Sources last night said the Bruins made a ...
CASTILLO WAS OUT OF HIS LEAGUE HE WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE FAMILIAR FOES
Jul 01, 2002; ... The effort was far from dominant, but through 4 1/3 innings, itwas effective. Red Sox starter Frank Castillo appeared to be theanswer, the one player apt to lead the locals past their weekendnemesis. Then Braves catcher Javy Lopez belted an 0-and-1 pitch into thecenter-field ...
CELTICS SERIOUS ABOUT ROGERS
Jul 01, 2002; ... The phrase "fiscal responsibility" has not been in fashion amongmost NBA general managers and owners (the Celtics' Paul Gaston beingone obvious exception). But no more. As teams begin negotiationswith free agents today and factor the looming luxury tax intocontract equations, fiscal ...
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME IS A WINNER RONALDO'S TWO GOALS LIFT BRAZIL BACK ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Jul 01, 2002; ... YOKOHAMA, Japan - Any time a joyously smiling Brazilian raises theWorld Cup trophy to the heavens, it signifies the event has had ahappier-than-usual ending. Indeed, the conclusion yesterday of the 17th tournament was richin positive symbolism, for both sport and international ...
RONALDO NETS REDEMPTION HE AND HIS GAME HAVE OUTGROWN '98
Jul 01, 2002; ... YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ronaldo spent his pregame preparation yesterdaywith two of the most important people in a male professionalathlete's life: his father and his surgeon. For Ronaldo Nazario deLima, though, the presence of Nelio and Paris-based orthopedist Dr.Gerard Saillant in his life is ...
CARDINALS PLACE DREW ON 15-DAY DL
Jul 01, 2002 ... The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder J.D. Drew on the 15-daydisabled list yesterday because of tendinitis in his right knee. Drewmissed three games, and has not responded to treatment as well as theteam had hoped. The move is retroactive to Friespite losing his rightarm in a ...
ON CRUISE CONTROL BESSETTE EASILY TAKES FOURTH LONGSJO TITLE
Jul 01, 2002; ... FITCHBURG - Lyne Bessette, the 29-year-old Canadian bike racingchampion, cruised to her fourth straight win at the 43d annualLongsjo Classic yesterday. "Yes," said Bessette, who is training for the Olympics, "it waseasy." That was not mere chutzpah. Bessette was able to ...
RED SOX ARE A NO-SHOW IN JUNE (10-16)
Jul 01, 2002; ... Bye, Braves. Godspeed. And as you roll out of town, don't worryabout that splotch in your rear-view mirror that looks like roadkill. The Red Sox may be down. In fact, the Braves pancaked them socompletely that by the time the Atlantans swept the three-game seriesby meting out a ...
ROONEY: TEAM MUST GET ITS ACT TOGETHER
Jul 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - Revolution midfielder Jim Rooney doesn't want to keephearing about how New England outplays its opponents but still loses. The Revolution lost, 2-0, to the visiting MetroStars Saturday,even though they played against 10 players most of the outing andoutshot New ...
TAKEN TO SCHOOL BY AN OPPONENT TAKEN TO SCHOOL BY THEIR OPPONENT
Jul 01, 2002; ... Here is why the Atlanta Braves are the Atlanta Braves: The plateappearance they are babbling about in yesterday's game did not resultin a hit, a run, or even a base on balls. It was a simple "3U" (grounder to first base, unassisted) in yourscorebook. "The at-bat of the game," ...
DAMON FOCUSED ON HIS OWN GAME STAR BALLOTING NOT ON HIS MIND
Jul 01, 2002; ... Forget about him getting overlooked for the American League All-Star squad. His teammates sensed an injustice, but Johnny Damonwanted none of it. He was too busy taking responsibility for themisery the Red Sox have endured in recent weeks. Damon, who went 0 for 5 yesterday in the ...
ROCK - AND A HARD PLACE DICKINSON REALISTIC ON DE AAR CHANCES
Jul 01, 2002; ... SALEM, N.H. - It's not unusual for a trainer to tout his horse'schances even if the animal is overmatched. However, MichaelDickinson, one of the sharpest turf trainers in the country, won'tengage in such foolishness. He's sending De Aar to Rockingham Park for the $75,000 ...
COURT DRAMA TO PLAY OUT ENGLISH HOPES ARE STILL ALIVE
Jul 01, 2002; ... LONDON - Envy must have gripped the locals yesterday as thousandsof South Americans staged an all-day, citywide block party. As theywatched several thousand Brazilians converge on Trafalgar Square incelebration of Brazil's victory over Germany in the World Cup, theywanted to know the ...
GOLES DE RONALDO CORONAN A BRASIL
Jul 01, 2002 ... Brasil paso a la historia como el primer equipo que conquistacinco campeonatos mundiales al derrotar ayer, 2-0, a Alemania con dostantos de Ronaldo. Ronaldo abrio el marcador a los 68 minutos, ayudado por una fallade Oliver Kahn, y le dio el golpe de gracia a los alemanes a los ...
SMART NEW WHEELS
Jul 01, 2002; ... The government giveth to technology companies, and the governmentmaketh life really difficult for them. Last week, I had the chance to ride in a souped-up, artificiallyintelligent motorized wheelchair. It was developed by ActivMediaRobotics of Peterborough, N.H., under a $100,000 ...
AS MORE HIGH-TECH COMPANIES ARE SLAPPED FOR ACCOUNTING ABUSES, SOME ARE DISCLOSING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DATA TO PREEMPT SCRUTINY.
Jul 01, 2002; ... SAN FRANCISCO - By disclosing last Tuesday that it had hidden $3.8billion in expenses to turn losses into profits, WorldCom Inc. becamethe accounting scandal du jour, at least until Xerox Corp. announcedFriday that it had improperly recognized $1.9 billion in revenue. But amid the ...
TERRA LYCOS ADDS SEARCH FEATURES
Jul 01, 2002; ... Internet portal Terra Lycos said it plans today to introduceseveral new features to its Lycos search engine. The company said the upgrades will give users faster access tomore than 2 billion Web documents and access to about 15 millionpublicly available documents, such as company ...
LOW-COST BOX LACKS USABILITY FOR MOST AN MP3 PIONEER IS TRYING AGAIN
Jul 01, 2002; ... Michael Robertson is back, rising from the dot-com rubble with allthe rough ambition of a dethroned prince. You may recall Robertson, founder of MP3.com, which helped toestablish the popularity of MP3 digital music recordings. Robertsonloved to rail against the greed of the music ...
NETFLIX HOPES TO MAIL THE DVD MARKET
Jul 01, 2002; ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] [CORRECTION - DATE: Tuesday, July 2, 2002: * Correction: Because ofreporting errors, a story in yesterday's Technology & Innovationsection on online DVD rental services misstated the number of DVDtitles available for rental from ...
HELPING CLIENTS HIT ESCAPE VELOCITY
Jul 01, 2002; ... SAN FRANCISCO - The eight serial entrepreneurs have riddenfledgling businesses to both multimillion-dollar payouts andspectacular flameouts. Now, joining in a new management consultingfirm called Escape Velocity, they will try to help young companiesmaneuver through a dismal environment ...
AT XEROX, THEY HOPE THE TRUTH WON'T HURT
Jul 01, 2002; ... Xerox Corp.'s latest financial disclosure has created fresh doubtsabout the future of the famous copier company, which is enmeshed inone of the largest of the ongoing accounting imbroglios. Now the question is whether Xerox has put its problems behind itand set the stage for a ...
DISEASE-FIGHTING GROUP GETS OFF TO ROCKY START CHIEF'S PAY PACKAGE, COMMENT ON FUNDING NEEDS ARE CRITICIZED
Jul 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Richard G.A. Feachem, about to become the firstdirector of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria,is already under fire from activists who want him to quit for sayingthe fund has "plenty" of money to start. At a critical time in the fight against the ...
33 TOXIC WASTE DUMPS FACE CLEANUP FUNDS CUTS
Jul 01, 2002 ... The Bush administration has designated 33 toxic waste sites in 18states for cuts in financing under the Superfund cleanup program, theNew York Times reported today. A new report to Congress by theinspector general of the Environmental ...
SOME SEE POLITICAL RISK IN BUSH'S LOFTY GOALS
Jul 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - It was just last year that President Bush laid outthe concrete goals for his administration: A tax cut, an educationreform package, an effort to "restore civility" and honor togovernment. But as events have unfolded, Bush has recast himself as anambitious strategist, ...
FISHERMAN DIES AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES
Jul 01, 2002 ... A Boston man fishing with two friends drowned yesterday eveningafter their fiberglass dinghy capsized in Ponkapog Pond, officialssaid. Daniel R. Colon, 27, was with Carlos Ortiz, 30, and JoseRodriguez, 29, both of Boston, when their ...
HONG KONG SOMBER ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RETURN TO CHINA
Jul 01, 2002; ... HONG KONG - Before stepping down as the last British governor ofHong Kong in 1997, Chris Patten compared this capitalist enclave to aRolls-Royce and advised Beijing not to meddle with the engine ortinker with the tires, just to get in and drive. Five years into a promised 50 years ...
JOINT MISSION
Jul 01, 2002 ... Marines preparing to leave a landing craft on the eastern coast ofMalaysia at sunrise yesterday. About 1,400 US personnel, includingsailors and ...
MAN FATALLY STABBED ON BASKETBALL COURT
Jul 01, 2002 ... An altercation on a basketball court left a man dead in HullSaturday night, police said. At about 9:45 p.m. State Policeresponded to a report of a stabbing at the basketball courts onNantasket Street and found the victim, Fernando O. Calderon, 20, ofHaverhill, suffering ...
CRASH KILLS 1, CRITICALLY INJURES ANOTHER
Jul 01, 2002 ... A one-car accident in Brockton early yesterday morning left oneperson dead and another in critical condition, police said. Thevehicle, traveling at high speed, shot out of control and struckseveral trees on Hovendon Avenue before ...
AUGUSTUS BULLOCK; RAN INSURANCE FIRM
Jul 01, 2002 ... Augustus G. Bullock, an insurance agency owner and avid sailor andskier who lived in Princeton, Mass., and Jamestown, R.I., died at hishome in Rhode Island on June 21. He was 68. Born in Worcester, Mr. Bullock, known as Gus, attended theBancroft School, Proctor Academy, and Tabor ...
CAPE WATER PROBE TO USE BABIES' DATA STATE SEEKING TO GAUGE IMPACT OF CONTAMINANT
Jul 01, 2002; ... The state Department of Public Health has ordered a study of CapeCod newborns to try to determine if any children have been harmed bywater contamination caused by the Massachusetts Military Reservation. "If we can determine whether or not there are impacts, it wouldlead us to look ...
POLICE CHASE NETS ARREST, STOLEN DODGE
Jul 01, 2002; ... A Somerville man driving a stolen car led police on a chasethrough two states yesterday before he was taken into custody byauthorities in Woonsocket, R.I., Massachusetts State Police said. Westborough police were seeking Michael Sands, 36, for residentialbreaking and entering when ...
CHESS NOTES
Jul 01, 2002; ... It has always been part of the culture that chess players do notexpect to win with the Black pieces; that at best, when facing aplayer of equal strength, they will be content to survive as Black.The advantage of the first move has been deemed so great that manygrandmasters use a strategy ...
NEW-FENWAY PUSH BY FORMER OWNERS CALLED INTO QUESTION
Jul 01, 2002; ... After inspecting every beam at Fenway Park, the old regime onYawkey Way told fans and politicians the ballyard was crumbling andit was neither practical nor financially feasible to renovate it.City councilors recall even more dire warnings - that any attempt atrenovation would put ...
RULINGS CLOUD HOUSING BATTLE `ANTI-SNOB' FOES, SUPPORTERS RESOLUTE
Jul 01, 2002; ... As state lawmakers move to resolve tension over Chapter 40-B - the"anti-snob zoning" law designed to force towns with exclusive zoningto build more affordable housing - court decisions in recent weekshave added new points of contention to a process already roiling manysuburban ...
JOHN W. MALOON, LANDSCAPER; AT 59
Jul 01, 2002 ... John W. Maloon, 59, a landscaper and lifelong resident of Salem,died yesterday in Salem Hospital. Mr. Maloon graduated from Salem High School in 1960 and attendedBrewster Academy, Suffolk University, and Williams School ofBanking. He worked for many years at State Street ...
GIRL, 10, `GRAVE' AFTER SHOOTING MENINO, CLERGY URGE NEW FOCUS ON YOUTH CRIME
Jul 01, 2002; ... As Trina Persad lay motionless in a hospital bed yesterday, Bostonpolice stepped up their search for the person who fired a shotgunblast that struck the 10-year-old girl in the head Saturday eveningas she strolled down a Roxbury street, an innocent victim of possiblegang ...
BRAZILIANS TAKE TO STREETS TO CELEBRATE WORLD CUP WIN
Jul 01, 2002; ... Parading in the streets, chanting on the MBTA, leaning heavily oncar horns, Greater Boston's exultant flag-draped Brazilian communitytook over the city yesterday to celebrate Brazil's 2-0 win overGermany and a record fifth World Cup title. For the area's 300,000 Brazilians, it was ...
MARSHALL STEIN, DENTIST, PROFESSOR
Jul 01, 2002 ... A graveside service will be held today for Dr. Marshall N. Stein,a Randolph dentist, who died Friday after suffering a heart attack.He was 53. Born in Springfield, Dr. Stein attended the Springfield publicschools and graduated from Springfield Classical High School in ...
SWIFT FOCUSES ON CLASS OF 2003 INITIATIVES DECRIED BY CRITICS AS HOLLOW
Jul 01, 2002; ... With about six months left in the corner office, Acting GovernorJane Swift is once again turning to education policy and the state'scontroversial MCAS test, trying to gain traction in the sunset of hertenure. Swift, who has made education a cornerstone of her life in ...
DISGRUNTLED DRIVERS FIND FAST LANE
Jul 01, 2002; ... WESTON - Ruy Queiroz spit on the ground, shoved an iridescentpackage in his pocket, and trudged over to his car. Queiroz, a carpenter, was doing what he could to fix his latestproblem: the toll hike. The Framingham man stopped off with nearly 200 other Massachusettsresidents ...